The first photos were taken the first day I let the horses into the yard: the day the June 23 storm hit. The tree seen below is the big tree that was snapped off in the storm.
Today the owners took out one horse and brought in two new horses. They took out "Sweet Sue", the older horse seen below.
A side effect of having the horses in the yard is the manure they leave behind.
This morning "Glacier Cat" (the male horse) was laying under the patio trees.
"Sweet Sue" and "Glacier Lily" (seen in the first two photos) were BFFs. After "Sweet Sue" was loaded into the horse trailer and driven away "Glacier Lily" got very upset. She ran around and whinnied and tried to get out of the corral to follow the horse trailer. She ran into the NE pasture and Tammy and I were concerned she would try to jump the fence. She wanted to but couldn't figure how to. She ran over and rattled the gate shown below. Fortunately the chain held when the hook was popped out.
"Glacier Lily" eventually settled down after a few hours. "Glacier Cat" - the boy - was interested in the two new mares. The owners wanted the horses separated for a few hours until they could get to know one another through the fences. So the new horses were put into the loading corral. "Glacier Cat" hung around the loading corral.
After a few hours I let the new horses out of the loading corral. They had been behaving well. Until I let them out. Then all hell broke loose. "Glacier Cat" ran over and the new horses wanted nothing to do with him. They all ran into the NE pasture. When they returned to the corral I shut the gates. The better to keep them in a smaller space until they got to know one another. They ran around chasing one another. Several horses about ran me over in the excitement.
The new horses didn't want anything to do with the old horses. Eventually they came to an understanding of keeping their distance from one another.
I let the old horses into the yard to eat the grass for a few hours to give everyone a break. The old horses hung around near the corral. When I opened the gate they immediately went back into the corral. "Lily" went for water and "Cat" went over to the new horses. They went to fighting once again. The horse in front is "Cowgirl".
Eventually they settled down. As long as the old horses kept their distance from the new horses. The new horses were an older horse (Cowgirl) and a younger horse (Firefeather). The "old" horses (a male and a female) were young horses. Whenever the male horse got too close to Firefeather, Cowgirl would go nuts and run over and chase the male horse trying to bite it on the rear end. Cowgirl wanted to be the boss and be in control of everyone. She didn't like it when Firefeather got friendly with the male horse.
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The male horse eventually learned to keep its distance. Firefeather on the other hand was a flirt and a tease. She would come over to the male horse when Cowgirl wasn't too close. Cowgirl eventually would accept Firefeather making a move, but not when the male horse would make a move.
When Firefeather came over she would do a quick bite of the neck of the male horse then sniff around it. One time it looked like Firefeather was giving the male horse a blowjob and he responded accordingly. He had to be careful as if he got too excited "Cowgirl" would come after him. After getting the male horse excited then Firefeather would wander off leaving the male horse frustrated. Firefeather would wander back to Cowgirl and the male horse didn't dare go after her.
Hopefully the horses will have their pecking order settled by morning - else the male horse is going to be really frustrated.
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